The group spent the majority of their time inside of the palace walls where only a handful of people were allowed to stay in all day. Twice they stepped outside on a balcony so Mmayit could see the city.

The monk that had been assigned to watch them kept herself unseen though detectable, often by burning a hole in Jaks back.

To say that he had mixed feelings when he stepped in to the throne room was a complete understatement.

Seem stood in the center of the sun bathed room, with her was her usual air of calm, with her hands clasped and eyes leaded. When they found Jak, they closed and she bowed uttering a small 'your highness'. Jak scowled as blood rushed to his cheeks but chose not to argue with her. If he did, shed be the winner and he'd simply be confused.

Seem bowed again. "Orange Lightning."

Daxter grinned widely from his perch and gave her a small wave. "Hey Monk Boy, how'er things running?"

Stepping forward, Seems face didn't shift from its stoic setting. "Things are 'running' well, Lightning. Is this the child?"

Said child choose now to hide behind Jaks leg while sniffing the air. Her large eyes then scanned every inch of the person before them. Only then, did she sneak closer.

"Yeah.," Jak answered. He placed his hand on the girl's shoulders to keep her close. He knew that the monks were trained to be good with kids but had never seen Seem interact with any; especially one like Mmayit.

Seem looked down and then smiled. "Hello, my name is Seem. What is yours?"

The girl tilted her head to the side while repeating Seems name. She then placed her hand on her chest, her eyes seemingly filled with confusion.

"Mmayit?"

Nobody showed that they understand what the girl was asking. She realised this and removed her hand from her chest to point it at the woman in front of her.

"Seem?"

It took him a moment, but Daxter finally got what she was asking. From what the two heros saw of her so far, she understood most of what people said. Seem's name however was used in everyday life and probably confused her. Biting the inside of his cheek, Daxter stated his discovery.

Seem chuckled softly and nodded her head while placing her hand on her chest. She then held it out for the child to take.

"Yes, my name is Seem. May I have your hand?"

Mmayit glanced up at Jak to see if it was ok. When he smiled encouragingly at her, she stepped out of his hold and took the offered hand.

Seem studied the child with a great deal of concentration before she asked where they found the girl and in what condition they found her in. When her questions were answered, the monk frowned deeply.

"Her body is charged with dark eco. I'm not sure if we should consider letting her run low of it. If we ever do, it would have to be done slowly."

What do you mean?," Jak asked with concern.

"The dark eco inside her works much like it does in you. The only problem is where you can go about with barely any at all, she cannot. She was born with dark eco already in her system unnaturally. Then it appears that she bathed in it every day after."

"Aaaand? What does that have to do with anything?," Daxter griped.

Jak turned to his friend. "It means that Mmayit's body needs dark eco to continue working? And a lot of it. I need it, but not as much, to keep me going."

"Then why would we need to purge her of the stuff that she need to keep going?"

Seem ended up picking the child up and placing her on her hip. It would look almost natural if not for the monk's outfit.

"She is still young and can adapt better to the drastic change. It is a hope that we can lower the amount of dark eco only."

Daxter nodded, whether he understood or not was notwithstanding, and sighed. "Well then, guess this is bye. See ya'round kid. Don't do anything Jak wouldn't do."

Jak scowled at his friend. He then stepped up to Seem and Mmayit after taking something from Daxter's pocket. He held up the Ottsel sized comm-link and tied a thing of string around it before presenting it to the girl.

Mmayit took the device and stared at it in awh.

"It has a button on the back," Jak explained. He watched the girl flip it over to see said button. He pressed it down for her and pulled out his own to show her how it beeped and a bright red light blinked. "And if you get hurt, press it. Dax and I'll come running."

It seemed to just dawn on her then. She was going somewhere that the boys weren't. Her bottom lip started to pout as her head lowered as though she were in trouble. She slumped a bit in Seems arms and soon just looked away from the boys all together.

Seem shifted the child on her hip and asked them when they would come to see her. Daxter answered in a slightly dejected voice that they would go up to the temple in a few days. Mmayit didn't look up and soon hid her face in Seems shoulder. The monk turned toward the elevator and, with one final wave goodbye from Mmayit.

Jak watched as the two females disappeared from his line of sight and then rolled his shoulders.

The man didn't like this new rolling sadness that was settling on his shoulders along with Daxter. It was an emotion that had little merit and would often turn to anger, something that was not too far away even today. No, he shook it all away and instead tried to look at the good.

That didn't seem to help eather. After all, kids were little jerks and any wastelander kid was worse with how they were taught to punch first and ask questions almost never when they felt endangered.

Damn, he needed a distraction.

He was about to go find one when Sig came from a hidden room. The towering man had a scowl etched on his face that was soon dropped when his eye and optec landed on the dynamic duo.

"Jak, Daxter, been looking everywhere for the two of you."

Daxter shifted so that he was leaning against Jak's head. "Well, here we are, what'cha need big guy?"

"There's a small nest of metalheads that have gathered in one of the smaller caves close to the sea. I need you to wipe them out. I'm sending a team along with for backup."

Jak nodded and made to tune but was stopped.

"Jak, be careful. I've sent out three parties before you and most haven't come back. Watch yourself and your men."

Four men stood before him, big and menacing, in relaxed attention. Staring at each of them, Jak couldn't help but feel… small.

It didn't help that Daxter was sniggering in his ear while pointing out that the men were all about two heads taller than him. He sighed and eyed them one last time before he jumped into the sandshark to lead the men to the mission.

"Wait, what are we doing?"

Jak was just about to turn the sandshark on when the youngest of the four spoke up in an insulting voice.

The man was just barely that. He was probably born and raised in Spargus and went through his first trial to become a full fledged citizen. He also apparently didn't know how to show respect to his elders.

Before he, or more likely a fluffed up Daxter, could say anything, one of the others elbowed him. This didn't stop Daxter's snide comment.

"We're going on a mission kid. Sig mast'a told you that."

The 'kid' simply huffed in annoyance and climbed into a spare car while grumbling.

Jak skid to a stop at the coast of the ocean and at the entrance of the cave.

Just as Sig said, the cave was small, too small for any of the bigger Mettle Heads. It seemed an enigma that three parties, each consisting of six men, met their end here. Everybody knew though that it only took one small stinger.

Shaking his head, Jak jumped out of his sandshark and waited for the others as Daxter secured himself on his shoulder. The man felt a series of small jerks on his back before Dax appeared in his face with a thumbs up.

He nodded and then addressed the men before him with a curt, "names?"

The first to step forward was the biggest among them; he could rival Klever. He had a thick mane of black peppered hair and a plethora of scares making his face look mangled. The man puffed up his chest and spoke in a voice that strongly reminded Jak of Torn. "Names Bodes, m'lord. The sprout is called Lake.", he said whilst pointing at the kid.

Jak hummed and turned to the next man.

This one looked to be the same age as himself. His features were what Keira and Tess would call handsome while giggling together. He simply smiled and tipped his head. "Matthew is the name."

The last man grunt out a small, Harris. His whole face was wrapped up in bandages, making it impossible to discern anything. His voice was too soft; it was almost like he was whispering.

Jak swept a last look over his team and opened his mouth to introduce himself but Daxter beat him to the punch. His friend waved a flamboyant hand at himself and spoke in a fluttery sounding voice. "My name is Daxter. Other names I go by are the Daxtinator, Orange Lightning, and the amazing Daxter! This," he waved his hand in Jak's direction. "Is Jak."

All the men kept a straight face but the kid let out a snort. At this, Dax gave a bark of a laugh and pointed at him. "See, told ya' I was funny"

Jak rolled his eyes and looked back to the men. "When we get in there, stick close and don't stray. We don't know what all there is in there and if they catch us alone, we're dead."

He turned on his heel and took the first steps into the mouth of the cave knowing that the others were merely one step behind.

Hello!

So, after the first few chapters, I finally decided to do a full on plot. I've been working on it this whole time and am still working on it. So far, I only have half of it figured out.

What I want to do for sure is to make the plot follow much like the games. Saying this, I started to play the games again.

If you're wondering about Mmayit, she will not constantly be with the boys on this adventure. She is safe though, and will be staying at the temple with the other orphans. You will see her again too.

Now, if you have any questions or critiques, please, don't hesitate to say anything. If I can be of any help to you, or if you just want to tell me I've done something wrong, I would like to know.

Ranger Red 2.3: thank you!

Bye!